Leaving me, one fish, alone. So, I'm looking for a camp. Of course, I represent a burden--I can't put up my own tent, I'm not clever in the kitchen, and I don't brew beer. Plus, I'm basically a snob, and won't go somewhere without shade. All I offer is a penchant for bad puns and a ----No, no and, just a penchant for bad puns.

Maybe fish don't belong in the fucking desert anyway.

All reasonable offers considered.

The Lady with a Lamprey

"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri

You have many many friends here on eplaya as well as on playa. Friends do not consider other friends to be a burden. The occasional pain in the ass maybe, but not a burden.

I have a feeling that if Apok does not return to BRC next year then you will have lots of invites from other theme camps. I am therefor am offering my help in any set up you might need no matter where your camped. Plus my offspring will most surely be there and would love to help too.

It's what most of us here do. Not because we have to but because we want to...

Thank you, Lucky. Thank you, thank you, thank you.Goslar's still ahead--or I could go to Russia itself, my niece has offered to be an interpreter. But it's so good to hear that I'm wanted and loved, instead of feeling like a fucking pawn.

The Lady with a Lamprey

"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri

theCryptofishist wrote:Thank you, Lucky. Thank you, thank you, thank you.Goslar's still ahead--or I could go to Russia itself, my niece has offered to be an interpreter. But it's so good to hear that I'm wanted and loved, instead of feeling like a fucking pawn.

it's funny, Fishy, how we take so much for granted......."loved" as applies to you, here, is a term lacking, but close to accurate. You, are a center piece, admired, feared, beloved and imitated.People don't say it much, well, because you are the "omnipotent, omnipresent, Fishy"........

but know this:there are many, many here who would, and will, pitch in to make sure, where ever you camp, what needs to happen, will happen.

We have an open and acccepting camp, and as long as I am a member you are always welcome. And I'd rather help someone that needed help setting up camp than someone that tried to manipulate me into helping jut because they were too lazy to do it herself. (sorry, just brought back some bad memories)

JKhttp://www.mudskippercafe.comWhen I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.

jkisha wrote:We have an open and acccepting camp, and as long as I am a member you are always welcome. And I'd rather help someone that needed help setting up camp than someone that tried to manipulate me into helping jut because they were too lazy to do it herself. (sorry, just brought back some bad memories)

Yeah--there is every difference in the world.

*** 2017 Survival Guide ***"I must've lost it when I was twerking at the trash fence." -- BBadger

Yeah, but how many would hold you and the tears ran from my eyes and the snot ran from my nose as I wailed "But I want my Soviet Camp back!"

It was my 5th camp, and I spent 8 years total in the other 4. And I don't know that I can go through that again. All those years feeling like an outsider, an extra thumb, rolled up underwear that will not straighten out... Finally, I find something that works for me and it's gone, poof!, like that.

I'm too old for this shit.

The Lady with a Lamprey

"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri

There's always us. I'm still in the where will we be phase, but if we go independent, I could easily ask for a big enough footprint. I just worry we don't have proper amenities. We do have a genny if needed.

AntiM wrote:There's always us. I'm still in the where will we be phase, but if we go independent, I could easily ask for a big enough footprint. I just worry we don't have proper amenities. We do have a genny if needed.

Thank you.

The Lady with a Lamprey

"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri

You have many many friends here on eplaya as well as on playa. Friends do not consider other friends to be a burden. The occasional pain in the ass maybe, but not a burden.

I have a feeling that if Apok does not return to BRC next year then you will have lots of invites from other theme camps. I am therefor am offering my help in any set up you might need no matter where your camped. Plus my offspring will most surely be there and would love to help too.

It's what most of us here do. Not because we have to but because we want to...

I think this probably sums up what most of us are thinking - but phrased way better than I could do.

Savannah: I don't know what it is, but no thread here escapes alive. You'll get 1 or 2 real answers at minimum, occasionally 10 or 12, and then we flog it until it's unrecognizable and you can't get your deposit back.

You have many many friends here on eplaya as well as on playa. Friends do not consider other friends to be a burden. The occasional pain in the ass maybe, but not a burden.

I have a feeling that if Apok does not return to BRC next year then you will have lots of invites from other theme camps. I am therefor am offering my help in any set up you might need no matter where your camped. Plus my offspring will most surely be there and would love to help too.

It's what most of us here do. Not because we have to but because we want to...

I think this probably sums up what most of us are thinking - but phrased way better than I could do.

Yeah and that goes for me too, gosh, we don't speak Russian over here but you would damn sure never have to do a solo ice run from our camp. I truly hope and pretty confidently expect to be near my dear friends as I was this past year, but, even if I come solo I guarantee to provide more help than you would ever want with set up, take down, barge-toting bale-lifting hair washing and drink pouring. And: bacon every morning.

"Burning Man ruined my life as I knew it, and I have never been happier." -mgb327

MyDearFriend wrote:Yeah and that goes for me too, gosh, we don't speak Russian over here but you would damn sure never have to do a solo ice run from our camp. I truly hope and pretty confidently expect to be near my dear friends as I was this past year, but, even if I come solo I guarantee to provide more help than you would ever want with set up, take down, barge-toting bale-lifting hair washing and drink pouring. And: bacon every morning.

I would swim the pond to be sure this promise is fulfilled, and Mdf has a lifting limit so I would have to be there to be sure the 2 of you had at least 1 (more) of your many many friends to help as needed or wanted. plus Bacon.

FREE THE SHERPASBurners with torches is right and natural and just.-fishy.CATCH AND RELEASE.

Grief is a monster. A monster that chews on our hearts and minds. I've been having the weird skin sensations that I had after Scott died. Not as bad, of course. But the same slightly swimming head, the same frozen numbness, the same staring off into the distance with my inward eye, the same pancake of loss.

(I don't know what the pancake is doing in here. Maybe I needed something absurd for the levity. I'm leaving it in because grief for me is intuitive, not logical. Therefore, I assume that there may actually be a need for a pancake. Or maybe it's all about the bunny.)

The Lady with a Lamprey

"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri

I came back to add, I'm so sorry about your camp ms. fishy. After only having my camp one year I would be so devastated if it went poof. I know the amount of work you guys put into your home on the playa and I feel your pain. ((((fishy)))) ((((sue))))

*edited to add* wow, I was typing that while fishy was typing hers.

When the only tool you got is a hammer, every problem looks like a hippie.

Mmmmmm I love the smell of Burning Man - Token

Getting overly dramatic about the ticket sale process is so 2012. - Maladroit

Update. I received a communique from one of the older members of Apokiliptika. A rather shocking one, but one that he says expresses the feelings of the entire camp.

Because of the bad feelings the members of Apokiliptika have, specificly toward me and how I ran the camp last year, I have decided (for the good of the camp, and to kill the drama ensuing) to take 2013 off. And I wish them well (and luck) in whatever they decide to do with it.

It's really not that big a deal - I've always tried to do what's best for the camp since it began in 2005. I still feel this way. While it is sad for me to walk away, sometimes ya just gotta do what you gotta do. It's not something I wanted to do, nor is it something I take lightly. But because others want to change it, and apparently without me involved (as I am told), things should (I hope) run far more smoothly for them.